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A "relatively lean budget" may prove incompatible with developing both a supersonic airliner, and its engines. Even Airbus and Boeing don't try to do that - an
by bell-cot 2y ago
A "relatively lean budget" may prove incompatible with developing both a supersonic airliner, and its engines. Even Airbus and Boeing don't try to do that - and they're working in the easier subsonic realm.
- PaulHoule 2y agoHard to say. You can get an engine to work at higher speeds than it was originally built for by enclosing it in a duct. Also you are seeing expensive and risky engine development for mainstream airliners [1] precisely because it is a mature technology where the purpose of recent developments is to optimize for the last few percent of operating cost. The first supersonic airliner of the next generation is going to be of interest because it's the only supersonic airliner, the second one is going to have to squeeze out another 10% of fuel efficiency. [1] https://qz.com/airbus-engine-trouble-delta-air-canada-1851644656 https://qz.com/airbus-engine-trouble-delta-air-canada-185164...